Comments on: The Voices in my Head have Different Accents #amwriting https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/the-voices-in-my-head-have-different-accents-amwriting/ Thu, 06 Oct 2016 16:33:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 By: Skilbey https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/the-voices-in-my-head-have-different-accents-amwriting/#comment-5524 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 16:33:07 +0000 https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/?p=1871#comment-5524 In reply to Georgia Rose.

Pleasure! 🙂 And thank you!

]]> By: Georgia Rose https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/the-voices-in-my-head-have-different-accents-amwriting/#comment-5523 Wed, 05 Oct 2016 06:43:11 +0000 https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/?p=1871#comment-5523 In reply to Skilbey.

What an interesting and informative comment! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave it Skilbey. I shall be catching up with your lovely blog very soon and wish you well finishing off your first book.

]]> By: Skilbey https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/the-voices-in-my-head-have-different-accents-amwriting/#comment-5522 Tue, 04 Oct 2016 23:28:08 +0000 https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/?p=1871#comment-5522 I was told that it is an innate desire to truly connect and empathise with the person we communicate with when we ‘mirror’ a person through behaviour e.g. slipping into their accent, crossing legs to match our companion’s crossing of legs, and so on. It can be awkward if you can’t help doing it all the time, however, I think reflects one’s very best intentions.
I remember being told at drama school by the speech dialect coach that dialects are born from the land and how pre-industrial workers dealt with tackling the soil. Where the land undulated- where there were valleys, hills, and mountains -the workers who had to navigate this type of terrain when communicating/digging the soil had voices that went up and down with inflections, and almost sang. People who worked on flatter terrain had flatter, more nasally tones (breathing being different to the exerted breath). I was told those were the roots to dialects, but today, there are many who maintain neutral accents despite being surrounded by so many. I was forever told that my accent was neutral. Even though I’m a Londoner, people would just take a calculated guess that I am a Londoner, (no strong accent to guide). The London sense of humour and sensibility gives me away more than any accent, certainly between the regions in London.
I so sympathise with the crossing of ‘tenses’ in your work. I am forever sieving my work for this. This is my first book so it is still very much a learning curve for me.

So glad to hear you’re making good progress with your next book and thank you for your support over some months sharing my blogs with your followers which I really appreciated. Happy writing and…do come up for air! 🙂

]]> By: Georgia Rose https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/the-voices-in-my-head-have-different-accents-amwriting/#comment-5521 Sun, 02 Oct 2016 20:06:38 +0000 https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/?p=1871#comment-5521 In reply to Wendy Janes.

Oh I like that idea – repeating what’s on the radio, though for me it would be podcast as I never listen live 🙂 thanks for stopping by Wendy and I’m feeling much more positive about finishing this one off now!

]]> By: Wendy Janes https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/the-voices-in-my-head-have-different-accents-amwriting/#comment-5520 Sun, 02 Oct 2016 19:34:35 +0000 https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/?p=1871#comment-5520 I’m just the same with copying accents, Georgia. Also, I often repeat what someone has said on the radio when it’s a particularly good accent that I want to try out. 🙂

Good to hear that you’ve made your timeline work, and you’re back on track with your next book.

]]> By: Georgia Rose https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/the-voices-in-my-head-have-different-accents-amwriting/#comment-5519 Sun, 02 Oct 2016 17:09:46 +0000 https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/?p=1871#comment-5519 In reply to E. L. Lindley.

Thanks E – it’s lovely to see you here and I’m glad you enjoyed it. You have many more books out so perhaps you are just needing a break from it. If I hadn’t had this story floating around in my head for a couple of years I don’t think I would be that driven and I did faff around for months before getting on with it. I had to set the deadline otherwise I still wouldn’t have started!! I wouldn’t worry about it at all if I were you and one day you might just have the desire to reach for that pen/keyboard again!! 🙂

]]> By: E. L. Lindley https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/the-voices-in-my-head-have-different-accents-amwriting/#comment-5518 Sun, 02 Oct 2016 16:28:23 +0000 https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/?p=1871#comment-5518 A great post G which I really enjoyed reading. I love accents but as you say it’s not easy to reflect that on paper. I’m so impressed by your work ethic and commitment. I just can’t get started I’ve not written anything other than a short story in over a year. I need an injection of whatever you have 😀

]]> By: Linda Huber https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/the-voices-in-my-head-have-different-accents-amwriting/#comment-5517 Sun, 02 Oct 2016 13:32:49 +0000 https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/?p=1871#comment-5517 In reply to Georgia Rose.

I learned to drive in Paisley – small world!

]]> By: Georgia Rose https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/the-voices-in-my-head-have-different-accents-amwriting/#comment-5516 Sun, 02 Oct 2016 13:30:38 +0000 https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/?p=1871#comment-5516 In reply to Linda Huber.

Ahh, well as one side of my family hails originally from Paisley this is obviously where my penchant for that accent comes from – haha! I daresay we shall meet sometime 🙂

]]> By: Linda Huber https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/the-voices-in-my-head-have-different-accents-amwriting/#comment-5515 Sun, 02 Oct 2016 13:26:15 +0000 https://www.georgiarosebooks.com/?p=1871#comment-5515 In reply to Georgia Rose.

I might be more gutteral Glasgow than lovely lilt 🙂 Would be nice to meet, though!

]]>